A balanced education and beautiful little children
A Teacher- Student Conversation about Education is Vital. It cannot be one way.
A talk I particularly enjoyed at the conference, was delivered by a colleague and educator from Baroda, Gujarat who I got to spend the whole first day with. She spoke about the need for balance in what we seek. She believes education should empower students and should look at combining insight and intelligence to achieve human growth. The students are really empowered when they think beyond me and mine and find a way to use their skills to serve the world.
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Hello, you beautiful little beings |
The teachers then took us
around the school and showed us the pre-school classrooms there. It was very
interesting observing these classrooms.
When children are little, the classrooms are so engaging and exciting, but it
gets duller as we grow up. I wonder why that happens. The classrooms I
entered that day were filled with toys, colored furniture, children’s artworks
on the wall and more. They also had a teacher just for story – telling. The Montessori influence was beautiful. I needed to understand it better.
One Teacher in a country of a Billion
Can we ever customize Education to each student's needs in India?

But then I have to push down these
doubts, because some extra-ordinary stories emerged of young people that have proved
Maslow’s theory of needs wrong. They have jumped the physiological level and
have directly gotten to a stage of performing at a self realized state.
Every student deserves the best
education in the world and every student must be given an equal chance to get
to their potential. It is not fair that certain students are given the benefits
of an educational model that sustains natural curiosity and exploration in the
child, while the vast majority are not even aware of it. It should not matter where you come over from or what your economic background is like. With teachers like my colleague from Baroda and the Teacher from Mumbai, I am sure this will happen sooner rather than later.
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With the principal of a college in Mumbai |
It is not about change anymore. It is
about a revolution and it must start now.
Let us Learn Together
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